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Emotional expression of capacity and trustworthiness in humor and in social dilemmas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 October 2009

Norman P. Li  and
Daniel Balliet
Norman P. Li
Affiliation:
School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University, Singapore 178904, Singapore. [email protected]://www.normli.com Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712. [email protected]://www.socsc.smu.edu.sg/faculty/social_sciences/dballiet.asp
Daniel Balliet
Affiliation:
School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University, Singapore 178904, Singapore. [email protected]://www.normli.com
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Abstract

Humor and social dilemmas are two disparate areas that have been linked to emotions. However, they tend to have been studied apart from considerations of emotion and emotional expression. We provide an overview of how such areas might be illuminated by Vigil's socio-relational framework, and how capacity and trustworthiness are communicated in humor and social dilemmas.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 32 , Issue 5 , October 2009 , pp. 396 - 397
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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